MIWOK BARGE 1983

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Description

Flat top Crane Barge

Construction

Steel

Size

238 tons length 33.5m beam 13.7m draft 2.4m

Built

by James McLarty & Sons, Fremantle

Owner

Hammersley Iron. Used during construction of the ore loading facility at Dampier

Sunk

1983/04/12

Location

Offshore Bickley Point, Rottnest

Latitude/Longitude

(-32.01411, 115.55930)

Sinking

By explosives as part of SAS demolition training

Underwater

5m depth. The barge sits low above the sea floor. There is plenty of life on the wreck but it is mostly flat broken plates of steel with a few holes you could stick your head through and spots to just squeeze into at north east of the wreck.

Gallery

A binicle that held the boats compass is on display at Augusta Museum
A binicle that held the boats compass is on display at Augusta Museum

Location